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Israel rebuffs Annan demand on blockade
Aug 30 2006 11:49PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Wednesday rejected demands from visiting U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that it immediately lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon and withdraw its forces once 5,000 international troops are deployed.
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Commander optimistic about Iraqi forces
Aug 30 2006 11:48PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The top U.S. commander in Iraq expressed optimism Wednesday that Iraqi forces are making enough progress to provide their own security within 18 months. But violence showed no sign of abating, with 66 people killed nationwide, including 24 in a Baghdad market bombing.
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Iran ignores powers, U.N. on enrichment
Aug 30 2006 10:46PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - A defiant Iran kept on enriching uranium in advance of the U.N. Security Council's Thursday deadline for Tehran to freeze such activity or face the threat of sanctions, U.N. and European officials said.
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Britain, U.S. introduce Sudan resolution
Aug 30 2006 7:23PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States and Britain introduced a draft U.N. Security Council resolution Wednesday that would give the United Nations authority over peacekeepers in Darfur as soon as Sudan's government gives its consent _ which it has so far refused to do.
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Jackson has plan for soldiers' release
Aug 30 2006 6:16PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Veteran civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Wednesday he was convinced that if Israel and the Islamic militant groups holding three Israeli soldiers would hold talks it would lead to the soldiers' release.
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Abbas sides with angry civil servants
Aug 30 2006 5:14PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Thousands of angry civil servants turned up the pressure on the beleaguered Hamas government Wednesday, marching to demand payment of overdue wages and winning Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' blessing for a major strike next week.
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Analysis: Iran won't back down from U.N.
Aug 30 2006 5:07PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Iran isn't blinking in the face of Thursday's U.N. deadline for it to halt uranium enrichment or else finally face the possibility of sanctions the United States has sought for years.
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Syria, Venezuela against 'imperialism'
Aug 30 2006 4:12PM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received a hero's welcome in Syria, where he said Wednesday that the two countries will "build a new world" free of U.S. domination and vowed to one day "dig the grave of U.S. imperialism."
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Israeli cluster-bombing deemed 'immoral'
Aug 30 2006 4:03PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. humanitarian chief on Wednesday accused Israel of "shocking" and "completely immoral" behavior for dropping large numbers of cluster bombs on Lebanon when a cease-fire in its war with Hezbollah was in sight.
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Analysis: Taking on al-Sadr carries risk
Aug 30 2006 12:40PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - This week's intense clashes between the Iraqi army and a Shiite militia are part of a strategy to whittle away the power of a radical cleric. But the high-risk gambit could trigger more fighting across the Shiite south _ at a time when the cleric's stronghold in the capital is virtually off-limits.
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General: Iraqi security needs 12-18 mos.
Aug 30 2006 12:03PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The top U.S. general in Iraq said Wednesday he believes Iraqi forces can take over security with little coalition support within a year to 18 months.
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Iran releases dissident after 4 months
Aug 30 2006 9:28AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran on Wednesday released liberal intellectual Ramin Jahanbegloo, who was accused of working with the U.S. to overthrow the government, a human rights activist said.
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Hezbollah minister touts prisoner swap
Aug 30 2006 8:17AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A Hezbollah Cabinet minister said Wednesday that the guerrilla group will not release two captured Israeli soldiers unconditionally, and that they would only be freed in a prisoner exchange.
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Lebanon refuses contact with Israel
Aug 30 2006 8:05AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said Wednesday that he refused to have any direct contact with Israel and Lebanon would be the last Arab country to ever sign a peace deal with the Jewish state.
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Annan demands Israel lift Gaza closure
Aug 30 2006 7:28AM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday that Israel must lift its closure of the Gaza Strip and open crossing points there. Annan also called for an end to the bloodshed that has led to the deaths of more than 200 Palestinians since the end of June.
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South Korea to pull 650 troops from Iraq
Aug 30 2006 6:11AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea will withdraw about 650 troops from Iraq by mid-September under a plan to cut its troop level there by a third, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday.
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Turks march to protest Kurdish bombings
Aug 30 2006 3:31AM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Hundreds of flag-waving Turks marched Wednesday to denounce a rash of bomb attacks by an outlawed Kurdish militant group that killed three people and wounded dozens of others in Istanbul and two resort towns this week, Turkish media reported.
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Annan demands that Israel lift blockade
Aug 30 2006 2:20AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan renewed his demand that Israel lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon on Wednesday, saying it was necessary to help the country's economy recover following the war.
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Bomb explosion kills 12 in Iraq
Aug 30 2006 12:41AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An explosives-rigged bicycle detonated near an army recruiting center in a southern Iraqi city on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 28, police said.
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